The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building in Minneapolis

The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building in Minneapolis

Explore the history of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building, a historic warehouse converted into loft apartments.

The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Building, also known as the Northern Implement Company and the American Trio Building, is a warehouse building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was constructed by PPG Industries of Pittsburgh.

Designed by the architectural firm Kees and Colburn, the structure shows strong influences of architect Louis Sullivan. The arches in the top floor windows are modeled after Sullivan's designs, which were influenced by Henry Hobson Richardson's Richardsonian Romanesque style.

The building's corners are subtly chamfered at the bottom and rise toward a flaring cornice at the top, echoing John Wellborn Root's design of the Monadnock Building in Chicago. The building has now been converted to loft apartments.

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